Château Fontvert Apolline (Rosé)

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  • 2024

    Château Fontvert Apolline (Rosé) 2024 - RecommendedTasted by Elizabeth Gabay MW & Ben Bernheim

    Pale salmon pink. Soft ripe red fruit on the nose. Quite joyous and cheerful on the palate with slightly jammy raspberry fruit, red berries and a hint of tannin. Quite grippy and full bodied with nice intensity, concentration and good ripeness. The beginnings of some complexity emerge as this opens up to honey, more jammy raspberries, a hint of dark hedgerow fruit and some garrigue. Acidity is there to balance but is not aggressively long. Pretty fruit, mineral and fresh, balanced and intriguing. Has a cool minerality that somehow seems at odds with its ripeness and Provence fullness, but I am finding that intriguing and empowering. Some saignée influence perhaps.

    Tasted May 2025

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We’re mother and son duo Elizabeth Gabay MW and Ben Bernheim. Between us, we’ve been involved in the wines of southern France for over 30 years. Elizabeth started working with the wines of Provence back in 1986, and for the past 20 years has lived on the eastern edge of south-east France. We’ve worked on three books on rosé: Rosé Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution (2018), Elizabeth Gabay’s Buyers Guide to the Rosés of Southern France (2021 e-guide) and, most recently Rosés of Southern France (2022).

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